Student Molestation

Groveland, CA: (Nov-27-07) A family whose son attended a Tenaya Elementary School, brought a lawsuit against the Big Oak Flat-Groveland Unified School District, alleging that the child was molested in the school's bathroom. Sources stated that the family, the plaintiff in the case, filed its suit April 27, 2005 against the district, the district's then-superintendent John Triolo, former Tenaya Elementary School principal Don Moore, and the alleged perpetrators and their families. They claimed that on two occasions in early November 2004, two of the boy's classmates molested him. He was in second grade at the time. Two older boys held the bathroom door shut while the incident took place. The suit accused the district of negligence in the matter. The plaintiff contends that district officials knew that the children suspected in the attacks had a propensity to be violent. It claimed that the bathroom lacked supervision despite previous complaints. As part of a settlement reached, the family agreed to accept a $510,000 payout from the district to resolve the lawsuit. [UNION DEMOCRAT: STUDENT MOLESTATION]

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Published on Nov-28-07